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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA president must threaten bodily harm or engage in other criminality to be shown to have obstructed
justice?
Moreover, it is almost invariably the case that someone attempting to obstruct an investigation simultaneously engages in other nefarious activities, such as destroying evidence, suborning perjury, bribing witnesses, or threatening them with (or actually inflicting) bodily harm. That is critically important. John Malcolm, Heritage Foundation
The Committee Dems should get a Medal of Honor for not laughing in that fools face.
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A president must threaten bodily harm or engage in other criminality to be shown to have obstructed (Original Post)
EffieBlack
Jun 2019
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spanone
(135,792 posts)1. Who was that?
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)3. John Malcolm from the Heritage Foundation
spanone
(135,792 posts)5. Ah thank you, came in late due to NY helicopter incident.
I thought he sounded trump friendly
murielm99
(30,717 posts)8. Who fucking cares?
That was not how it worked with the Nixon smoking gun tape.
Tricky Dick did not threaten anyone on that tape.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)2. Who the f said that? n/t
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)4. Who the f said that? n/t
nolabear
(41,932 posts)6. I think a case could be made for most of those.
marble falls
(57,010 posts)7. Heritage Foundation ....
The Heritage Foundation
heritage.org
The Heritage Foundation is an American conservative public policy think tank based in Washington, D.C. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage's policy study Mandate for Leadership.Wikipedia
lame54
(35,262 posts)9. Trump has threatened on Twitter
EleanorR
(2,388 posts)10. how did you find that quote so fast?
Is this posted somewhere?
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)11. Yes.
Witnesses must submit their written testimony in advance and his testimony was posted on the Judiciary Committee website before the hearing.
https://judiciary.house.gov/legislation/hearings/lessons-mueller-report-presidential-obstruction-and-other-crimes
EleanorR
(2,388 posts)12. Perfect, thanks! nt